HRD15423
hard
Offline 178.158.221.43:28015 checked 3d ago
Players
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Server performance
48 hours: hourly readings. 30 to 90 days: one point a day, with the day's average and lowest fps, most entities and most memory. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
daily · 1 is bestTop 69% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
Wipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No wipe seen yet. | ||||
Peak: the most players in the first 48 hours. Crowd: whether every day of the wipe kept at least half that peak, or the day it fell below. A new world less than six hours after a wipe is a restart, not a wipe of its own.
Similar servers
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
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01COMPlayers 236/250
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02COMPlayers 14/250
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03COMPlayers 19/250
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04COMPlayers 142/200
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05COMPlayers 49/200
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06COMPlayers 40/100
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Tags
Where does hard appear in Rust Tracker lists and filters?
Community servers, no tags — the Rust Tracker lists that include hard. It comes up under these filters on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
What do the tags mean that hard is listed under?
The game's server browser reads these tags from hard: gmrust (Game mode): Survival as standard Rust plays; mp2 (Max players): 2 slots on this server; ts8 (Group limit): Team limit is 8, the game default; v2634 (Protocol): Your game must be on protocol 2634 to connect; cs167781 (Build): Build: 167781; ptrak (Networking): Network layer is RakNet, which is standard for the game; $r? (Region code): No region code is set. At the top of this page you also get the queue, the players now and the world's creation time, all from the tags.
Wipe Schedule
When does hard wipe?
The record holds too few of hard's wipes to show its rhythm. Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is the next monthly force wipe. No server is exempt. This world has been running 11 days 17 hours.
Server Details
How reliable is hard, and is it online now?
Offline: hard confirmed offline, last seen 3 days 17 hours ago. 1 of 168 hours up over the last 7 full days: 1% uptime. First contact for Rust Tracker: 20 October 2026.
What Rust version is hard on?
Confirmed for hard: Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781, Windows. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
What location is hard hosted in?
Nothing on region from hard; none is published. Rust Tracker displays the location a server claims; it does not verify where the machine sits. Connect on 178.158.221.43:28015.
Population
How many players are on hard right now?
Offline: hard, last seen 3 days 17 hours ago. Seven-day average for this server: 0 players.
What rank does hard carry among Rust servers?
On player hours over seven days, hard ranks #15,423, inside the top 69% of all ranked servers.
Map and Rules
Which settings and rules are confirmed on hard?
Nothing in hard's name states a gather rate. 8 players per group is the game's default, and the cap holds. It runs survival, gather, build and raid: the standard game. Raiding and PvP are permitted between players. Listed under Community in the server browser, it is a community server. On: VAC, Valve's anti-cheat.
Which map is loaded on hard?
Procedural map on hard, made by the game.
Connect
Which steps join hard?
To connect: start Rust, press F1, enter client.connect 178.158.221.43:28015 in the console. Or use Launch Rust on this page to open Rust through Steam and join.
Server tags
What each one means.
Published as mp2,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs167781,ts8
Game
gmrust
mp2
ts8
v2634
cs167781
ptrak
$r?
Players now (cp), the queue (qp) and the wipe time (born) are in the tag string too; they change every few minutes and are shown at the top of the page. Flag meanings are Facepunch's.